South Korea proposes amendments to Range and Standards of Sterilization and Processing of Designated Quarantine Goods

Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency(APQA), Ministry for Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) will make a partial amendment to Article 2 (Definitions of terms) of "Range and Standards of Sterilization and Processing of Designated Quarantine Goods". Major changes are as below.

1. "Products not subject to quarantine" in Paragraph 5 will be amended to "Products subject to confirmation by quarantine officers".
2. If the products are confirmed as not designated quarantine goods by the actual inspection, submission of the documents needed for confirmation may not be required.

Products covered : Animal products

Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): September 2018 or later

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): March 2019 or later

Proposed date of entry into force: [X] Six months from date of publication, and/or(dd/mm/yy):

Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy):

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